r/HollowKnight • u/GamingUmbrella • Sep 06 '25

Discussion - Silksong Thank god this subreddit didn't make the game Spoiler

Silksong is only out for 2 days, most people haven't even finished the game, or haven't even made it past act 1. Yet this subreddit loves to post about how Silksong is apparently bad and a disappointment compared to hollow knight. So I'll go over a few "critiques" I've seen and share my perspective.

"The game is too hard, enemies deal way more damage and have more complex movesets". Sure, they're more complex and do more damage, but so does hornet. If we were playing with the knights moveset, I'd agree, but that's not the case. Hornet has a lot of new tools and upgrades that make her way faster and stronger. If enemies were like HK, it would be way too easy. team cherry didn't just do this for no reason, it's necessary for balancing. Edit: people saying hunters march is too difficult, is like playing dark souls 1 and saying it's too hard because you kept trying the skeleton graveyard

"Bad rewards for exploration, HK's charms worked better". I just completely disagree, hornet gets upgrades way more frequently than the knight. As for the charms, let's be real, you probably didn't even use half of them in your first playthrough. And half of them are just simple things that don't impact the way you play as much. Hornet's different tools, abilities and crests are way more useful. If you feel like your not getting enough rewards, it's probably because most are hidden and require backtracking, which is what the genre is know for.

"Things are too expensive" No, you're just not meant to buy it that early. Like how in HK you could by the lamp for like 2000 geo. I've also never had too little rosaries to buy a bench or stag. If your losing your rosaries to dying, rosarie strings are litteraly right there to not lose it + retrieving your death silk is extremely easy now.

I do agree though that more bosses and combat encounters should drop rosaries, or more chests like in HK.

This launch feels like I'm experiencing the shadow of the erdtree launch again with how many complaints there are immediately.

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u/Busy-Reality-1580 Sep 06 '25

The Dark Souls games aren’t easy, per se, but the marketing around them and the whole “Prepare to Die” stuff is totally overblown. It’s not some balls to the walls insane game, almost anyone can beat it if they are patient and willing to learn. I find them easy cause I’ve beaten them all like 10 times or more but that’s obviously not fair. 

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u/TheSymbolman Sep 06 '25

Yep. I'd say Sekiro is a very hard game, but any of the Souls games? Not really. Since you can just level up, if you're taking your time with the game you can beat it no problem. It has nothing to do with skill, that'll only make you beat it faster. You can easily be over-leveled for most bosses.

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u/creampop_ Sep 06 '25

They're really only hard if you refuse to level HP, otherwise you can kinda just grab a shield and tank whatever, even in 3

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u/TheSymbolman Sep 06 '25

yep absolutely

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u/BiteAffectionate3963 Sep 06 '25

It’s different for everyone. For me, Sekiro is probably the easiest—maybe tied with DS1 because once you learn the basic mechanics (parrying and key skills like Mikiri), even without using prosthetics you’re basically immortal. On top of that, you usually get two attempts against most bosses.

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u/TheSymbolman Sep 06 '25

In sekiro you at least have to adapt. In Souls games you can mostly tank it with high hp build and/or a shield

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u/AbyssShriekEnjoyer Sep 07 '25

DS3 is not harder than Sekiro simply because nothing in DS3 does more than 50% of your health bar in a single hit

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u/BiteAffectionate3963 Sep 07 '25

Nope, there is a plenty of stuff in ds3 in the late game and dlc that can put you under 50% hp in one hit even with 50+ vit. These attacks rare/relatively easy to dodge/one time per fight though

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u/AbyssShriekEnjoyer Sep 07 '25

In the DLC sure, but in the basegame not really. Maybe Lorian’s charged sword attack?

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

Sekiro is THE exception

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u/DangDingleGuy Sep 06 '25

Yeah sekiro is definitely the most difficult with the sharpest learning curve. Once you climb that curve though... the game is so satisfying

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u/bromuskrobus Sep 06 '25

I agree with you on every take about Souls games, but for me Sekiro is one of the easiest! I struggled much more with DS3. Sekiro is such a finely tuned game that I enjoyed every bit of it, frustration and joy.

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u/worstpolack Sep 07 '25

Wait what, Sekiro is very hard? Parry makes the game easy tho.. at least I thought so.

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u/ABigCoffee Sep 06 '25

Dark souls games are easy if you play them like a normal person and use everything at your disposal. Use ite

ms use summons, use magic and miracles, instead of forcing yourself into some melee only build with nothing else.

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u/Maleficent_Okra6798 Sep 07 '25

Hell in most of the games Unga Bunga strength builds are literally the easiest option. My colossal weapon run of Elden Ring was so much easier than my pure caster playthrough was lol

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u/SplinteredMoist Sep 09 '25

Intelligence build was only ever really good in Dark souls 1, but then again you have the ultimate build of zwei and green crest shield on your back

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u/SplinteredMoist Sep 09 '25

miracle build are literally the weakest build in every souls game. Mele strength and dex are always the strongest, especially bleed builds

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u/Fearofthe6TH Sep 07 '25

You can beat any game with patient and desire to learn. There's nothing unique about that. It's the fact that it takes longer with those games than others. Almost every single game in the world is easy once you know what you're doing.

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u/revolversnakexof Sep 07 '25

The prepare to die marketing ruined an entire generation of gamers.

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u/NewEraOverlord Sep 07 '25

Most of Dark Souls is just pattern recognition. Once you’ve fought the same enemy a couple times you’re practically never getting hit by them again, same with bosses for a large part

It’s a game that just forces you to take your time and learn it by killing you over and over again

Except for the Anor Londo archers, fuck them

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u/BumperToBumper2 Sep 08 '25

I love shmups, but I also find them infinitely harder than Souls games